Joan Woodruff v. Hewitt P. Tomlin, Jr.

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The sole question in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs’ action for damages for malpractice against their attorneys, the defendants, was barred by the Tennessee one-year statute of limitations, Tennessee Code Annotated § 28-304. 1 The District Court held that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. The Court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint. The plaintiffs appealed. We reverse.

Joan and Patricia were minor sisters. Their father employed the attorneys, the defendants, to represent them in their claims for…